John h ritson (6 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1939. First Edition. 336 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with tears, chips, and some areas of loss. Noticeable tanning, rubbing and marking.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Card covers, 16p., A clean unmarked copy. j1262 / m7395.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. DUST JACKET IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC SLEEVE BUT A LITTLE SCUFFED TO THE EDGES. EX COLLEGE LIBRARY BOOK WITH USUAL STAMPS & STICKERS. PAGES SLIGHTLY TANNED HOWEVER TEXT APPEARS CLEAN AND PAGES CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. The book is strictly private and confidential. A little hard to understand the secrecy. These are the laws and regulations of a Bible Society whose purpose is to distribute as many Bibles as possible to the whole world, without regard to religion. At the same time, the book warns against attacking religious perception in other countries. It is better to propogate truth. How to take care of the repair of broken Bibles, how to live, How much you can spend on furniture. As a seconded person, you are paid a sum to cover the costs in the country in question. etc. The salary is not paid in advance :-) The society seems to be serious business - well organized. We believe that the condition of the book is best described by the five attached photos.It is a strong and solid book. Clean pages with some light browning. A few splits between pages, no loose pages. The spine is fine. Size: 19x15 cm.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition (Unstated). B&W Photographs; 304 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Foxing (light) to the exterior edge of pages. Rubbing (shelf wear) to covers, light. Some smudging to covers. No markings on text pages or major defects. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. 304, [ii, ads.]; illusts. from photos.; minor foxing throughout, prize inscription to flyleaf, else very good in the original cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Ritson (1868-1953) became a general secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and in 1907 he represented the Society "at the great China Missionary Conference in Shanghai" (Introduction). The occasion gave him the opportunity to visit "centres of Bible Society work covering a wide area in China, Korea, Japan, Manchuria, and Siberia", and his experiences over the seven months he spent in Asia were written up as articles and subsequently collected in the present form.…